CVE-2016-4947: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

May 17, 2022 (updated July 31, 2023)

Cloudera HUE 3.9.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to enumerate user accounts via a request to desktop/api/users/autocomplete.

References

2016.hack.lu/archive/2016/Wavestone%20-%20Hack.lu%202016%20-%20Hadoop%20safari%20-%20Hunting%20for%20vulnerabilities%20-%20v1.0.pdf
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rxfp-8jmr-xc95
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4947
web.archive.org/web/20210123183622/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93880

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